Looking through the drawer…
2 sealed letters are waiting for Ayesha.
In the last row you were the only one who knew every word of the anthem, and you told the whole class you would grow up to fly the green planes.
Ayesha, I read about a woman who did exactly what you said you would.
The rest of this letter is sealed.
To
Islamabad · 2021
Every Thursday at the café, you drew the same little shape in the foam of your coffee with a spoon, the shape people send each other in February.
Ayesha, I thought for a whole year that the drawings were for me.
The rest of this letter is sealed.